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  • Blair School hosts ‘A Conversation with Grammy-Winning Guitarist Peter Frampton’

    Blair School hosts ‘A Conversation with Grammy-Winning Guitarist Peter Frampton’

    Popular artist interview series returns to Ingram Hall Dec. 9 The Blair School of Music is pleased to announce the return of the Conversations Series. On Monday, December 9, Senior Lecturer Jen Gunderman will conduct an informal on-stage conversation with rock legend Peter Frampton, followed… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2013

  • Blair performers featured at Nashville Symphony’s Free Day of Music, Sept. 28

    Blair performers featured at Nashville Symphony’s Free Day of Music, Sept. 28

    The Nashville Symphony hosts its popular Free Day of Music program 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday Sept. 28, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, and several Blair School performers and ensembles will be performing. At 1:30 p.m. in the West Courtyard, catch an engaging set from Blair piano instructor Elizabeth… Read More

    Sep. 24, 2013

  • Blair precollege students organize concert to benefit ‘The Contributor’

    Blair precollege students organize concert to benefit ‘The Contributor’

    Allison Pao, John Hartley and Jocelyn Hartley, all students at MLK High School and members of the Curb Youth Symphony at the Blair School, have organized a concert to benefit The Contributor. The Contributor is a local newspaper that offers homeless Nashvillians the opportunity to make a living by selling… Read More

    Sep. 19, 2013

  • Blair School partners with Nashville School of the Arts

    Blair School partners with Nashville School of the Arts

    Gregory Stewart, Pam Schneller and Walter Bitner at the Blair School of Music, Sept. 16, 2013. The Blair School of Music is pleased to announce Friends & Partners in Music, a new partnership with Nashville School of the Arts, Nashville’s arts magnet public high school. With… Read More

    Sep. 17, 2013

  • Michael Rose featured on Kefi Project panel, “Living Before Dying,” Sept. 10

    Michael Rose featured on Kefi Project panel, “Living Before Dying,” Sept. 10

    Blair School composition professor Michael Alec Rose will be featured on a panel discussion titled “Living Before Dying,” as part of the Kefi Project, an organization dedicated to the creation of public art on Vanderbilt University’s campus. The “Living Before Dying” panel dicsussion will take place at 6 p.m. Read More

    Sep. 9, 2013

  • Blair hosts “musical petting zoo” in Centennial Park Sept. 7

    Blair hosts “musical petting zoo” in Centennial Park Sept. 7

    Looking for something fun to do with the kids this weekend? The Blair School is hosting a Musical Instrument Petting Zoo at Musicians Corner in Centennial Park, 13:30-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, in the Kidsville Tent at Musiciand Corner, in Centennial Park. Blair’s talented Precollege Honor Scholars will give a… Read More

    Sep. 6, 2013

  • The Blair School seeks musicology professor

    The Blair School seeks musicology professor

    Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music invites applications for a tenure-track position in musicology at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in August 2014. The position involves teaching a broad range of undergraduate courses in Western music history, developing topical courses for music majors, maintaining a vibrant and active scholarly… Read More

    Sep. 4, 2013

  • Blair grad Brian Biederman featured in Huffington Post

    Blair grad Brian Biederman featured in Huffington Post

    What can you do with a Blair degree? Ask Brian Biederman. The 2010 Blair School graduate, now a middle school music teacher in Nashville, is featured on the Huffington Post for his Littlestone Music Academy, a summer music program he launched this summer at Montgomery Bell Academy. Read… Read More

    Aug. 28, 2013

  • Steve Buckingham-led class explores R&B and race relations

    Steve Buckingham-led class explores R&B and race relations

    Explore the history of the Civil Rights Era through the music of the day. “Rhythm & Blues Tore Down the Walls of Segregation” is a weekly class in the Blair School’s adult education program. The class is taught by acclaimed music industry executive Steve Buckingham, who experienced the events first-hand. Read More

    Jul. 26, 2013

  • New course alert! Guitarist Dave MacKenzie surveys pre-WWII Blues recordings

    New course alert! Guitarist Dave MacKenzie surveys pre-WWII Blues recordings

    Acclaimed Nashville guitarist Dave MacKenzie joins the Blair School’s faculty this fall with a new course for our adult students. “Pre-World War II Blues Recordings: An Aural and Visual Survey” will explore early examples of the genre. Students will listen to 200-300 recordings made between 1920-1942, encompassing every major African-American… Read More

    Jul. 22, 2013